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MODEL RULES. 
by an application in writing to tlie Chief' Registrar, (a) signed 
by them in the forms respectively provided by the treasury 
regulations in that behalf:— 
(a.) To apply for the appointment of one or more inspec 
tors to examine into the affairs of the society and to report 
thereon,—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 23 (1) ; 
(6.) To apply for the calling of a special meeting of the 
society,—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 23 (2) ; 
Either such application to be made upon such notice to 
the society, and to be supported by such evidence for the 
purpose of showing that the applicants have good reason 
for requiring such inspection to be made or meeting to be 
called, and that they are not actuated by malicious motives 
in their application, as the chief registrar shall direct; 
(c.) Or to apply for an investigation into the affairs of the 
society with a view to the dissolution thereof; 
Such application as last aforesaid to set forth that the 
fluids of the society are insufficient to meet the existing 
claims thereon, or that the rates of contribution fixed in the 
rules of such society are insufficient to cover the benefits 
assured, and the grounds upon which such insufficiency is 
alleged.—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 25 (8). 
XX.—Disz>utes. 
1. If any dispute shall arise between a member, or person 
claiming through a member, or under the rules of the 
society, and the society, or any officer thereof, it shall be 
referred to arbitration. 
2. At the second meeting of the society after the registry 
of the same, five arbitrators shall be elected, none of them 
being directly or indirectly interested in the funds of the 
society ; and in each case of dispute the names of the 
arbitrators shall be written on pieces of paper and placed 
in a box or glass, and the three whose names are first drawn 
out by the complaining party, or by some one appointed by 
him or her, shall be the arbitrators to decide on the matter 
in difference. In case of a vacancy, or vacancies, another 
arbitrator, or other arbitrators, shall be elected at a general 
meeting. 
Or, 
If any dispute shall arise between a member, or person 
claiming through a member, or under the rules of the 
(a) If the society is registered and does business exclusively 
in Scotland or Ireland, instead of the words “ chief registrar ” 
insert the words “assistant registrar for Scotland,” or, “for 
Ireland,” as the case may be.